tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6551994216062621619.post502068646744092542..comments2014-12-19T05:17:53.113-05:00Comments on Frozen Woman: Life with Rheumatoid Arthritis: High CholesterolLaurie Grassinoreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6551994216062621619.post-88166545149556845512011-02-15T19:52:32.509-05:002011-02-15T19:52:32.509-05:00Haha, Helen! You made me laugh with that! Thank yo...Haha, Helen! You made me laugh with that! Thank you soooo much for saying swear words for me – I greatly, greatly appreciate the emotion behind that!<br /><br />:) LLaurie Grassihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11297964722383351333noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6551994216062621619.post-73264018637276033542011-02-15T17:01:38.909-05:002011-02-15T17:01:38.909-05:00I said some swear words when I read this, Laurie. ...I said some swear words when I read this, Laurie. I&#39;m sorry. I hate the feeling of not knowing of being able to trust your own body. <br /><br />I&#39;m glad, at least, that your doctor is on top of this now.Helenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07842890893365738906noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6551994216062621619.post-8129412218018401682011-02-12T09:04:43.177-05:002011-02-12T09:04:43.177-05:00Thanks so much for the link, Squirrel; that&#39;s ...Thanks so much for the link, Squirrel; that&#39;s really interesting information.<br /><br />:) LLaurie Grassihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11297964722383351333noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6551994216062621619.post-58108502675572963222011-02-12T08:52:29.999-05:002011-02-12T08:52:29.999-05:00Bleugh.. I&#39;ve just read up on this because &#3...Bleugh.. I&#39;ve just read up on this because &#39;cholesterol&#39; is one of these things you hear all the time but never really know what it is. <br /> <br />It sounds like there&#39;s plenty that can be done about it at least! <br /><br />It sounds like you have a pretty awesome diet anyway, so maybe you need to go on a med for it. Which I can understand is upsetting cos it&#39;s one more pill to add to the arsenal. But I remember reading that the high cholesterol meds can potentially help a bit with RA. Here&#39;s one article I found on it:<br />http://medind.nic.in/jaa/t05/i2/jaat05i2p54.pdf<br /><br />Hope you&#39;re keeping your chin up despite all this bad news lately. I know things will turn around soon.xSquirrelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00087794277683329143noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6551994216062621619.post-20307003939060868922011-02-11T19:47:35.161-05:002011-02-11T19:47:35.161-05:00Hey! Unfortunately, the thing is, I never eat meat...Hey! Unfortunately, the thing is, I never eat meat at home, and hardly ever eat it out. So that&#39;s that. I drink 1% milk, hardly ever have butter on things (only when I eat out), have steel-cut oats for brekkie every day (with added ground flaxseed tossed in for good measure, I might add), eat lots o&#39; fish, eat fruit, only 100% whole wheat bread, only put salt on eggs, could eat more veggies, true...<br /><br />The one thing I can cut down on is sweets. Not sure that&#39;s really relevant in this case, but, hey, I&#39;m sure the sweet thing will rear its ugly head in some way some day the way things are going.<br /><br />What it comes down to, I think: my dad has high cholesterol. Bummer.<br /><br />:) LLaurie Grassihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11297964722383351333noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6551994216062621619.post-47205696669055969472011-02-11T19:38:56.562-05:002011-02-11T19:38:56.562-05:00I can completely relate. Is high cholesterol part ...I can completely relate. Is high cholesterol part of the total RA package? What else do we get?!Joanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14870097893960722332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6551994216062621619.post-32522300110596470622011-02-11T19:16:43.959-05:002011-02-11T19:16:43.959-05:00Laurie! Sorry you are having so many issues. I had...Laurie! Sorry you are having so many issues. I had borderline high cholesterol also and I eat pretty healthy. So I went raw and vegan and it dropped 30 whopping points! Anyways, not raw anymore but I hardly ever eat meat anymore to keep my cholesterol low. I do know cholesterol is one thing we can control with diet unlike sucky RA that seems to control us! <br /><br />Hugs and prayers girl!RawSierrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14680475738605213989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6551994216062621619.post-6493706548349852872011-02-11T18:46:11.042-05:002011-02-11T18:46:11.042-05:00:(:(WarmSockshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12192702662231361355noreply@blogger.com